UPCEA.edu: Professional Development: Special Seminars: 2010 Workforce Development Forum: Keynote Speaker Sessions

2010 UCEA Workforce Development Forum

January 13-15, 2010 — Chaparral Suites Resort Scottsdale — Scottsdale, AZ

Keynote Speaker Sessions

Melvyn D. Schiavelli, President
Harrisburg University
Of Science and Technology

Private University, Public Mission

Harrisburg University of Science and Technology has achieved national acclaim for its distinctive educational model and its astonishing progress since opening in 2005. Created through the combined efforts of educators, businesses and government, the University offers academic programs in applied science and technology fields to meet the needs of the region’s youth, workforce and businesses. Students graduate with core competencies that are both sought-after by employers and necessary to prosper in a global economy.

Martha Kanter,
Under Secretary of Education
U.S. Department of Education

Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training,
U.S. Department of Labor

Dept. of Education – Dept. of Labor, Point/Counterpoint

This moderated plenary session will examine the priorities, opportunities, and obstacles associated with implementing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and realizing the American Graduation Initiative goals as viewed from the perspective of the two federal agencies that have primary responsibility for U.S. workforce development.

David A. Longanecker, President
Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education in Boulder

Can We Get There From Here?

The president has laid out an ambitious goal for the United States to reclaim the position as the best educated country in the World by 2020. The question before us as the education community is "Can we get there from here?" Even the most ambitious efforts to better serve traditional students won't be good enough. Indeed, we will have to find much more successful strategies for serving adult students. WICHE is actively engaged in efforts with both traditionally disenfranchised youth and young adults and in efforts to attract more older adults back into higher education, and will be sharing lessons learned from these activities.

For more information on the forum: please contact Tim Sloate at tsloate@upcea.edu or 202.659.3130.